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Originally Posted by HarlequinPixie
Hmm. Interesting. I wouldn't have gone anywhere near the backing with water after seeing what it was made of.
We scraped the bulk of the foamy stuff off with putty knives.. 3" for the large areas, 1" for the smaller, curvier bits. (keep a few rags around to clean the knife off frequently!) Then we went over it with steel wool to get the rest of the adhesive residue off. worked amazingly well, wasn't too messy, and went really quick!
Love the velvet fabric, btw! I looked around for some too, but couldn't quite find the color I wanted. The stuff I ended up looks more suede-y.
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I used very little water and only after the old foam had been scrapped off. I'm not certain what the material actually is; do you know?
Now that you mention it, it probably would not hurt to go over it with a 180 grit sanding sponge.
Thanks, it was rather funny how I picked it; the wife and I went to a fabric store and I queried one of the employees about fabric for my purpose and she said, while pointing, "... that fabric is at the far opposite end of the store". I turned and look down the long corridor and it was kinda hanging out from the shelf. I knew then I found what I wanted!
